TRA CHANG Brand Gapi – Traditional Thai Shrimp Paste – 3.1 oz (90g)

Please don't try to eat this directly from the container by the spoonful.No refrigeration is necessary. Hundreds of years from now, archeologists may find well-preserved containers of this that have the same flavor and condition as the day it was made! :-DBut seriously, if you need and know how to use fermented salted shrimp paste, this is the truly authentic stuff. Unlike Big Company products that are jarred and cooked and "recommended" by Amazon--products that are usually more expensive, much inferior, and poorly authentic--this comes in a plastic container, the lid of which has a shrink-wrapped plastic safety seal. Once you break the seal and remove the lid, you'll find that the contents are underneath a round plastic cover about the thickness of stationary paper. The attached photo shows a container where I have broken the internal cover and used a bit of the product from the corner of the container.The aroma and flavor is pungent, 100% authentic, and packs a unique and delectable punch. A little goes a long way. I use it in appropriately small amounts in Asian soups, other Asian dishes, and Korean kimchi. I've lived in Asia. I'm a cook.This is the authentic product. Get it if that's what you're after.

Yummy my green curry came out so good! Adding this paste intensifies the flavor am glad i purchased it.

this shrimp paste, which came from far, far away, is the authentic product-- offensive to the Western sense of smell, but enhancing all Eastern dishes once it is cooked. My only problem with this product, which took about a month to arrive here, is that the jar is very small compared to most jars one sees in Asian groceries. Perhaps the number of ounces was listed on the website, but it must not have been displayed very prominently. Still, this stuff is so powerful that one uses very little at a time, so it should last a while.

I’m used to using pre-packaged chopped up dried shrimp which is far more pungent than this shrimp paste. So when opened the tub I was pleasantly surprised that this shrimp pasted wasn’t that smelly. I made fried rice and added shrimp paste, soy sauce and sweet soy sauce (I forgot the name), and it tasted great. One issue was the time it took for the product to arrive. I ordered the shrimp paste on April 6, 2020. I was given an arrival date of May 15. In the mean time I received an email from the seller saying it will take time to arrive. Well it took one month extra!! I do no blame the seller, the pandemic is wreaking havoc on everything. If you order the shrimp paste and it’s coming from overseas, be patient.

I added a Tsp of the shrimp paste to my home made fermented kimchi, I made the kimchi as I always make it, the only difference was the addition of 1/2 to 1 tsps of this paste, I had a very small serving & it made me really sick! I felt nauseous right after I ate it & later on I had a sharp pain in between my shoulder blades, closer to my right shoulder blade,and the nausea continued. I felt like throwing up & even though I took some probiotics I did not feel better. It took over 24 hrs for me to feel better. I waited a week before trying it again,Today, I dipped my fork in the kimchi & tasted a tiny speck of fermented veggie. I felt the same way as before, nauseous, shortly afterwards., I took 2 probiotics. I am waiting to see if the pain in between my shoulder blades appear again.Dissapointed!!! I eat a o rmented foods, this is not m6 first foray into fermented foods. I do not recommend it & will probably will not buy it again. Be careful if you decide o buy this product.

Received item quickly from seller; a very strong fragrance thru the package; but the size of the item was very small; very small for the amount of money.

This is absolutely perfect for all your thai needs (and for any needs that require shrimp paste, many cuisines use shrimp paste and this one is basic enough that you could add some things to it to turn it into other cuisines shrimp paste, like bagoong for example). This is the only one I have tried so maybe I don't know quite as well as a native thai - but the stench is INSANE. DO NOT smell this! Just use it as quickly as possible as it is necessary for many thai dishes. Without, they arne't quite the same. Still taste good but they lack that authentic flavor. It mixed in beautifully with the thai curry paste that I made and is essential for any home made thai curry paste. Price wasn't too shabby either.

Worked great! It’s strong (obviously!), but it does its job well. Don’t be deterred by reviews that say not to use it for kimchi. It works perfectly well if you can’t get salted fermented shrimp.